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Busch Gardens Williamsburg plans to immerse guests in an experience unlike anything else installed since the theme park opened in 1975.Curse of DarKastle: the Ride will take passengers on a dark ride journey through a Bavarian castle as they are surrounded by elaborate theming, and state-of-the-art visual effects including elements of 3D. The theme of being 'frozen in time' will leave riders chilled as they complete a five-minute experience including a pre-show of a minute and 40 seconds.The technology behind Curse of DarKastle is most comparable to that of The Amazing Adventures of Spider-man at Universal Studios' Islands of Adventure and Universal Studios Japan. A ride vehicle with a wide range of motion will travel through a maze of scenes in the dark as guests are exposed to various visual effects.Busch Gardens' new ride is expected to open this May, and is located in a 40,000 square-foot building in the Oktoberfest section. The building resides on the former location of the defunct Wilde Maus, which was sent to sister park Busch Gardens Tampa last year.